St. Clair 14U baseball dominates district

St. Clair 14U Little League made a thunderous statement, winning the District 7 title by a combined score of 53-2 over four games.

The first mercy win came against Richmond with a 13-1 victory, followed with a 14-0 performance against Marysville. To end their tournament, they topped Emmett 16-1 and 10-0 to claim the crown.

More impressive than the scores was St. Clair’s pitching staff of Dylan Gee, Daniel Gapshes, Nick Thornton, Greg King and Christian Jabiro, who never let up an earned run all week.

At the plate, Michael Landschoot hardly walked back to the dugout as he put together a .857 on base percentage. Matt McTevia was also a force with the bat, hitting .750 over the four games. Jake Zammitta also drove home 10 RBI.

“(The best part was) our defense, we smothered them,” head coach Darren Pietrykowski said. “With the program we have going on in St. Clair Little League, it makes my job extremely easy by the time they get to the 14-year-old division.”

Next up for St. Clair is a three game series against Clintondale-Fraser this weekend. The winning team will earn a ticket to the state tournament in Gladstone where they will meet seven other teams going for the state championship.